Scouting report: the Green Bay Phoenix
March 13, 2018 at 5:16AM
Record: 29-3
Conference record: 16-2 (1st in the Horizon League)
RPI: 23rd
Common opponents:
vs. Northwestern
Gophers Won 90-63
Green Bay Won 63-57
vs. Wisconsin
Gophers Won 90-65
GophersWon 71-61
Green BayWon 67-34
Last matchup: March 19, 2014, Gophers 62, Green Bay 60, in WNIT.
Player to watch: Jessica Lindstrom, earned Horizon League first team honors, led the Phoenix in points (15.2) and rebounds per game (10.5).
Contrasting styles: The Gophers ranked third in the NCAA in scoring offense at 85.2 points per game, Green Bay ranked 171st at 65.2 points per game. But Green Bay ranked first in scoring defense at 46.1 points allowed per game, and the Gophers ranked 332nd at 73.9 points per game.
Big Ten knowledge: Green Bay coach Kevin Borseth spent five years as the coach at Michigan from the 2007 to 2012. During that stretch he went 2-6 against the Gophers.
State connection: Lyndsey Robson, a freshman guard-forward from Apple Valley, has played in 21 games, averaging 2.4 points per game.
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Gopher basketball coach Ben Johnson signed three recruits who have similarities with the program’s last two impact freshmen, Isaac Asuma and Cam Christie.
